Atom Z3740 vs Pentium N3540
Primary details
Comparing Pentium N3540 and Atom Z3740 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2612 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium | no data |
| Architecture codename | Bay Trail-M (2013−2014) | Bay Trail-T (2013−2014) |
| Release date | 22 May 2014 (10 years ago) | 27 September 2013 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $251 | $32 |
Detailed specifications
Pentium N3540 and Atom Z3740 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.16 GHz | 1.33 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.66 GHz | 1.86 GHz |
| L1 cache | 224 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB L2 Cache | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 22 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 90 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium N3540 and Atom Z3740 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | FCBGA1170 | UTFCBGA1380 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7.5 Watt | 2 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3540 and Atom Z3740. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Smart Connect | + | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Pentium N3540 and Atom Z3740 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Key | + | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| Anti-Theft | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3540 and Atom Z3740 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3540 and Atom Z3740. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3L-1333 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.32 GB/s | 17.1 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series | Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series |
| Quick Sync Video | + | + |
| Clear Video HD | - | + |
| Graphics max frequency | 896 MHz | 667 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3540 and Atom Z3740 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium N3540 and Atom Z3740 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 11.2 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3540 and Atom Z3740.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | no data |
| USB revision | 3.0 and 2.0 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 2 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 5 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
TrueCrypt AES
TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.
WinRAR 4.0
WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.
Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core
Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core
Geekbench 2
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 May 2014 | 27 September 2013 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 2 Watt |
Pentium N3540 has an age advantage of 7 months.
Atom Z3740, on the other hand, has 250% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Pentium N3540 and Atom Z3740. We've got no test results to judge.
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